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Mar 2, 2018

INFO: How To Travel Japan By Train

Is there anything in the world more synonymous with Japan than trains? Yup, actually, there's probably a good number of things that come...

Dec 9, 2016

LGBT: The Shy Gay Guy's How To Guide For Japanese Onsen

A collective of almost 7000 islands sitting on the rim of the Pacific Ocean's notorious "Ring of Fire", Japan is blessed with a seemingly...

Jun 28, 2016

REVIEW: Japan Airlines First Class Chicago - Tokyo

Japan Airlines Flight 9 - Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) Boeing 777-300ER, First Class, Seat 2A American Airlines recently...

Jun 25, 2016

REVIEW: Intercontinental The Strings Tokyo

As I detailed in my recent review of Japan Airlines' first class (LINK), my partner and I took a trip to Southeast Asia to celebrate his...

Mar 13, 2015

REVIEW: Japan Airlines Economy Class Tokyo Narita - Singapore

While the aviation community has settled down from the fanfare that followed the launch of the Boeing 787 almost four years ago, I have...

Mar 8, 2015

FOOD: Taste of Okinawa - Soup to (Dough)Nuts!

Okinawa translates roughly as “rope in the open sea”. A chain of islands stretching from the southern end of the Japanese mainland...

Mar 8, 2015

REVIEW: Best Western Naha Inn

When I made the decision to spend time in Okinawa, I didn’t realize how interesting of a decision selecting a hotel would end up being. ...

Mar 8, 2015

REVIEW: Japan Airlines Economy Class Tokyo - Naha, Okinawa

As I noted in my review of the Hotel JAL City Haneda, I typically travel back to Japan about once or twice a year. Finding a cheap...

Mar 8, 2015

REVIEW: JAL City Haneda Hotel

Being half-Japanese and having lived in Japan for a majority of my childhood, one of my regular trips every year is back to the shores of...

Mar 4, 2015

REVIEW: Japan Airlines Business Class New York - Tokyo Narita

Japan Airlines (JL) and I have a long history with one another. As a budding aviation and travel nerd growing up in Japan, I was...

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